Improvement in coffee-roasters



Lf 110110115. Coffee' Roaster. 110.110,916. Paremed 1an. 10, 11171.`

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LOUIS Honoring Or SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Leners man No. 110,916, atea January 1o, 187'1.

IMPROVEMENT IN coFFEsi-noAsi-Ens.

The Schedule referred to In these Letters Iatent and maldn'g part of'the same.

To all vlcham z'tnmgl conce/rn: Be it known. that I,-LoUrsHoUcKn, of Springfield, in the county of' Clark and State of Ohio, have a invented certainImprovements-in Cof'ee'fRoasters,

o fwliich the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My inventionrelates to devices used for roasting coiee, popping corn, and s'nch like purposes; and

'lhe invention consists of a'castfiron vessel; having doors, with 'glass-windows therein, and having a `crank with arms attached for stirring the mmaterial while cooking, all as hereinafter more fully explained.

Figure l is a perspective view of my vimproved impleurent complete; 1 y Figure 2 is a -transverse vert-ical .section of the same;

.Iigu're SLa-transverse horizontal section-5 and Figure 4, a view of a portionA detached and more n detail. v

To construct .my improvedJ implement I first -provide av round, dat, or shallowvessel, A, representing a spider in form', as shown in iig. 1.

This maybe made of vsheet-iron, or similar 'mat-e.. rial, but it can be more cheaply made of cast-iron, 'and therefore I 4make it ofthat material, a handle, H, being cast wit h the body, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

Across the center of this vessel A, oli its top, I secure a narrow strip or plate, E, having small oblong holes emade in it,on each side, near both ends, as 1 then `make two segmental covers B, which are provided with hook-shaped projections c, arranged to ,fit into the holes e of the ,plate E, as shown more clearly in tig. 4, and thus formhinges by which` the covers Bare attached to the central strip E, so that they can be openedor closed at plea- Slll'e.

By this method of constructing the hinges the parts y 'can be united jnst as they are cast, without any further preparation or nishing, and at the same time fthe covers canl be at once detached whenever desired.

These covers B I make with a large opening in them, and this opening I ll with glass, thus'forming windows C in the doors, 'asrepresented in fig. 1, so

f Each'of the lids Bis provided with a projecting.

Jip, a, as shown in fig. 1, by which to open them.

Through the center of the 'strip E I extend a vertical rod, I, which is held in place by a pin, O, as

shown in iig. 2.

To this rod I is secured a crank, G, at its upper end, its lower end being secured to a bar, L, which extends across the bottom of the vessel A, as represented in gs. 2 and 3, thus forming arms for stirring the material.

These arms I make dat on their under-surface,- and ovalor rounding on 4their upper surface, sc that they will lie-close upon the dat bottom, and be sure to.

pass under the kernels, and thus prevent their adhering tov the bottom and becoming bnrnedl.4 It will be observed, also, that these arms are made wider and thicker as they recede from the' center toward their outer ends, the object being to counteract their tendency to work or .shove the coffee out toward the periphery Or'sides of the vessel, .as would otherwise be the case. There may b e three of these arms, as indicated by the dotted lines in fig. 3, or even more, if desired; and they may be made with a notched rib along their upper side, as indicated by the dotted lines in iig. 2, their function beingto keep the material thoroughly stirred, so as to prevent vburning it,

and insure its being evenly cooked or browned.

The bottom of the vessel may bemade lowest at.:

its center, to counteract the tendency of the material to work to the outside, `but in that case the arms L must be varied inform to correspond. A

[In making these implements'for the market they should be made of a size to fit the holes in the top of ordinary cook-stoves, though itis obvious that they may be made of anyrequired size.

I have designed it more especially for roasting coffee, but it is equally well adapted to popping corn, roasting chestnuts, peanuts, and similar articles, and may be used'for any oi these purposes. f

V1t is simple, cheap, and eicient,and thus iills a want long felt in households of, an implement equally well adapted to a variety of uses of the character mentioned.

Having thus described my` invention,

1. 'lhe herein-described. codec-master, consisting of the'vcssel A, provided with the lids B, having the windows 0and hooks c thereon, incombination with thef-crankand arms L, all constructed and arranged to. operate substantially as described.

v2. The Scrapers or arms L, vmade dat outheir undersurface, andthicker attheir outer ends, arranged for use, Aiu connection with thevesselA, as herein described.

Witnesses:

JAS. L. Tonnn'r, EDW. P. TORBERT.

LOUIs Honokn.A 

